DISPLAY OF PERSONA INFORMATION FOR PEER-TO-PEER SESSIONS

• US 20110093598A1
• Filed: 07/15/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Baratz, Alan Edward, Siddiqui, Anwar A., Buford, John F., Bartolo, Anthony Frank, Govindarajan, Jayesh, Deshpande, Vyankatesh Balaji
• Application Number:
  US12/836,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20110093598A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4535 using an address exchange platform which sets up a session between two nodes, e.g. rendezvous servers, session initiation protocols [SIP] registrars or H.323 gatekeepers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4547 for personal communications, i.e. using a personal identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0063 where the network is a peer-to-peer network

Abstract

A method of operating a communication system comprises registering a first communication device with a peer-to-peer network as a first node associated with a first session participant and a first entity and registering a second communication device with the peer-to-peer network as a second node associated with a second session participant. The method further comprises initiating a communication session between the first node and the second node, transferring for display by the second communication device first persona information identifying the first session participant and the first entity, and exchanging user communications for the communication session between the first communication device and the second communication device.

Claims

1. A method of operating a communication system, the method comprising:

registering a first communication device with a peer-to-peer network as a first node associated with a first session participant and a first entity;

registering a second communication device with the peer-to-peer network as a second node associated with a second session participant;

initiating a communication session between the first node and the second node;

transferring for display by the second communication device first persona information identifying the first session participant and the first entity; and

exchanging user communications for the communication session between the first communication device and the second communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying a second entity associated with the second session participant and transferring for display by the first communication device second persona information identifying the second session participant and the second entity.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein initiating the communication session between the first node and the second node comprises initiating the communication session between the first node, the second node, and a third node, and wherein the method further comprises:

registering the third communication device with the peer-to-peer network as a third node associated with a third session participant and a third entity;

transferring for display by the second communication device second persona information identifying the third session participant and the third entity; and

exchanging the user communications for the communication session between the first communication device, the second communication device, and the third communication device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication session comprises a voice call and wherein the user communications comprise voice communications.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication session comprises a chat session and wherein the user communications comprise text communications.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication session comprises a video call wherein the user communications comprise video communications.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the first persona information comprises a service handle that identifies the first participant and a graphic that identifies the first entity.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the service handle has a format comprising participant_name@entity_name.suffix, wherein participant_name identifies the first participant and wherein entity_name identifies the first entity.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the graphic comprises a logo for the first entity.

10. A communication system comprising:

a registration system configured to register a first communication device with a peer-to-peer network as a first node associated with a first session participant and a first entity, and register a second communication device with the peer-to-peer network as a second node associated with a second session participant;

a persona system configured to transfer for display by the second communication device first persona information identifying the first session participant and the first entity; and

the first communication device configured to exchange user communications for a communication session with the second communication device.

11. The communication system of claim 10 wherein the persona system is configured to identify a second entity associated with the second session participant and transfer for display by the first communication device second persona information identifying the second session participant and the second entity.

12. The communication system of claim 10 wherein the second communication device is configured to initiate the communication session between the first node and the second node.

13. A computer readable medium having program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a communication system, direct the communication system to:

register a first communication device with a peer-to-peer network as a first node associated with a first session participant and a first entity;

register a second communication device with the peer-to-peer network as a second node associated with a second session participant;

initiate a communication session between the first node and the second node;

transfer for display by the second communication device first persona information identifying the first session participant and the first entity; and

exchange user communications for the communication session between the first communication device and the second communication device.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the program instructions, when executed by the communication system, further direct the communication system to:

register a third communication device with the peer-to-peer network as a third node associated with a third session participant and a third entity;

initiate the communication session between the first node, the second node, and the third node;

transfer for display by the second communication device second persona information identifying the third session participant and the third entity; and

exchange the user communications for the communication session between the first communication device, the second communication device, and the third communication device.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the communication session comprises a voice call and wherein the user communications comprise voice communications.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the communication session comprises a chat session and wherein the user communications comprise text communications.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the communication session comprises a video call wherein the user communications comprise video communications.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the first persona information comprises a service handle that identifies the first participant and a graphic that identifies the first entity.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18 wherein the service handle has a format comprising participant_name@entity_name.suffix, wherein participant_name identifies the first participant and wherein entity_name identifies the first entity.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein the graphic comprises a logo for the first entity.